Ministry of Shipping has decided that all the Major Ports may grant compensation /Ex-Gratia in the event of loss of life due to COVID-19/ Coronavirus to the dependent members/legal heirs of the port employees as under: Category Amount of compensation/Ex-Gratia (Rs.) All Port employees including Contract Labourers employed directly by the port 50.00 Lakh Other […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on phone today with Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia. The two leaders exchanged thoughts about the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the region and the world. The Indonesian President appreciated the facilitation provided by the Government of India for supplies of pharmaceutical products to Indonesia. Prime Minister assured him […]
US President Donald Trump is keeping Twitter on edge as he holds no punches when it comes to his opponents. Trump today called his opposition, the Democratic Party, ‘The DoNothing Democrats’ and said that they are spending much of their money on ‘fake ads.’ He further states that he never said that the CoronaVirus is […]
Due to the prevailing situation arising out of lock-down due to COVID-19, the supply chain management of essential items in the country got disrupted as the passenger airlines, railways and state roadways stopped plying. Union Minister for Commmunications, Electronics& Information Technology and Law and Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad while addressing the senior officers of the […]
Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has opened Rohtang Pass (13,500 feet above sea level) today, more than three weeks in advance amid Covid-19 lockdown after clearing snow. It is the arterial road connecting Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh from rest of the country. The pass was opened on May 18, last year. Himachal Pradesh […]
In 2014, World woke up to the plight of Yazidis when the Islamic State terrorists murdered and maimed, and raped the Yazidi men and women. Several Yazidi Children saw their parents murdered by the Islamic State while many died due to thirst and hunger. The slaughter shook the world and it was expected that Yazidis […]
Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi had a telephone conversation with Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore on 23rd April 2020. The two leaders exchanged views on the health and economic challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. They updated each other on the measures being adopted in their respective countries to tackle the pandemic […]
A minority group has shot of a letter dated 23rd April 2020, asking the Pakistani establishment why there are double standards when it comes to human and religious rights of minorities such as the Christians. The letter by Pakistan Minorities Teachers’ Association (PMTA) comes close on the heels of the current declaration that Mosques would […]
Department of Biotechnology’s Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing (DBT-CIAB) at Mohali, has planned a bouquet of research projects aimed at generating products that could be used for prevention, diagnosis or cure of for the deadly COVID 19 infection that is currently sweeping over the entire world. The plan has been designed so as to […]
Coronavirus or COVID 19 has brought to light the racism in multicultural Singapore. A page named Tiagong posted a video titled “should send them back to India if they choose not to follow our measures” on April 16th detailing an ordeal faced by an Indian couple out for a run who were being chased by […]
